Northwest Arkansas Times/BROOKE McNEELY Pleased to meet you Advertising and Promotion commissioner Tim Freeman (left) shakes hands with Fayetteville High School seniors Tracey Guereca (right) and Alexa Gilbert, both members of DECA, an association of marketing students, on Monday at the Fayetteville Town Center as the commission discusses how much to fund various events this year.
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"We've got everybody and the town clown going after a piece of the pie, and pretty soon the pie is gone and we still don't have our projects done."
Rogers Mayor Steve Womack, on the number of groups asking Congress for economic stimulus money
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Today's meetings
Arkansas Recycling Coalition, 11 a.m. Elkins Economic Development, noon Siloam Springs Planning and Zoning, 4 p.m. Fayetteville City Council Agenda Session, 4:30 p.m. Siloam Springs School Board, 5 p.m. Springdale School Board, 5 p.m. Benton County Committee of 13, 6 p.m. Bentonville City Council, 6 p.m. Springdale City Council, 6 p.m. Fayetteville Town Hall Meeting, 6:30 p.m. West Fork City Council, 6:30 p.m. Rogers Public Safety Committee, 6:45 p.m. Cave Springs Planning Commission, 7 p.m. Centerton City Council, 7 p.m. Rogers Community Environment and Welfare Committee, 7 p.m. Tontitown Technical Advisory Committee, 7 p.m. Rogers Finance Committee, 7:15 p.m. Rogers Transportation Committee, 7:15 p.m. Rogers City Council, 7:30 p.m.
Today's happenings
Shewmaker Center for Global Business Development Monthly Business Breakfast, 7-8 a.m., Wal-Mart Auditorium at the Shewmaker Center, Bentonville Women's Connection Luncheon: "A New Point of View," noon-1:30 p.m., Clarion Inn, Fayetteville
Looking ahead
Multicultural Networking Lunch, noon-1 p.m. Thursday, Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, Rogers Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Dedication Ceremony, 3 p.m. Thursday, Razorback Road and West Sixth Street, Fayetteville Boston Mountain chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, 7 p.m. Thursday, Shiloh Museum, Springdale
Celebrations planned to honor King
The Northwest Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Committee has planned a series of events to celebrate the civil rights leader's birthday and honor his legacy.
Events begin with the dedication of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at 3 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Razorback Road and West Sixth Street. During the ceremony, the city of Fayetteville and the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will formally rename West Sixth Street.
The group, along with Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, will host a community service project to help elderly Northwest Arkansas residents at 9 a.m. Saturday. Volunteers are asked to meet at St. James Church, 115 S. Willow St. in Fayetteville.
A service of praise and reflection will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Sequoyah United Methodist Church, 1910 N. Old Wire Road, in Fayetteville.
Alpha Phi Alpha and the Martin Luther King Committee will host a memorial service for King at 3 p.m. Sunday at St. James Baptist Church.
A youth prayer service will begin events Monday at 8 a.m. at the Janelle Y. Hembree Alumni House on the University of Arkansas campus, followed by youth activities at the HPER building at 9:30 a.m. The events are designed to bring children and teens together to reflect on the meaning of King's life and legacy.
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. city awards and march to the Arkansas Union will begin at 11:15 a.m. in the Walton Arts Center parking lot in Fayetteville, to be followed by a vigil at the union's Connections Lounge at noon. Events culminate with the 13th annual Recommitment Banquet at 7 p.m. at the Fayetteville Town Center. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students. The event will feature guest speaker Gene C. Young. The Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarships will be awarded, and local leaders will be recognized for outstanding community service. More information is available by calling Danielle Wood at (479) 575-4825.
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